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WARREN JOHNSON, 0F FISHERVILLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

' Leners Parent No. 67,057, dated Juzg 23, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICE POR TETHERIN G ANIMALS.

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To ALL WHoM 1r MAY eoNeERN:

Be it known that I, WARREN JOHNSON, of Fishers/ille, in the county ofMerrimack, and State of-N'ew Hampshire, have .invented a new andimproved Device for '.lethering Animals; and that the followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,hereinafter referred to, forms a. full and exact specifica-tion of thesame, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles o f my saidimprovements, by which my invention may be distinguished from all othersof a similar class, to have secured to me by Letters Patent. g

.This invention relates to a new and improved device for tetheringanimals," and is an improvement on that class of tethers whichare'composed of a weighted pole connected by a swivel to an upright orstake. The invention consists in an improved swivel, by which the 'poleis connected to the upright or stake, as hereinafter set forth. Theaccompanying drawing represents an elevation of my invention partly insection.

A represents an upright or a stake, which is firmly driven in theground, and has an iron tube, B, fitted on I This tube B. has a collar,C, attached firmly to it, and if the tube and' collar' are of cast ironthey mayboth be cast in-one piece. D is a collar which is tted looselyon the lower part of tiietubeB, underneath the fixed col-iai' C, and isallowed to turn freely thereon, said collar D having a hook projection,`o, which extends upward and has its'end resting or bearing upon theupper surface of the fixed collar C. E is a pole having a ring, F,attached near one end, and which is fitted on the hook- The end of thepole nearestl the ring'F has a weight, G, attached, which is,sufficiently heavy to keep the long ur unweighted end of the poleelevated, and to this end the horse or other animal to be tethered issecured by a suitable halter or rope', c. lThis swivel device isextremely simple and eiicient, and may be constructed by any ordinaryblacksmith, at a very moderate oost. It also works freely, or with butlittle friction, and is extremely strong and durable. A

The pole E operates precisely the same as other tethcrs of the sameclass, the horse or other animal which is attached. to it pulling itdown as -hewalks outward-in grazing, andthe weight G elevating it asthe` animal the hole in consequence of the swivel connectionbeingallowedto turn around on the stake.

I do not claim the pole E with weight Gr attached, for that has been butI claim as new, and desire to secure'` by Letters Patent- I The swivelfor connecting the pole E to the uprightor stake A, the same consistingof a tube, B, with a collar, C, permanently attached and secured on theupright or stake, anda collar, D, fitted loosely on the tube andprovided with a hook projection to'bear or rest uponthe fixed-collar O,substantially asshown and described.

' WARREN JOHNSON.

previously used for tetheringanimals,

Witnesses:

ALvA P. BEEKMAN, HENRY D. WHITE.

together with such parts as I claim, and desire

